Pate v. Gray

ESKRIDGE, Judge.

This was an action of debt, brought by [Jeremiah Pate] the administrator of John Johnson, against Matthew Gray, in the Hempstead circuit court, founded upon the following note: “In the month of January in the year 1829, I, for value received, promise to pay John Johnson or order five hundred and fifty dollars; witness my hand and seal 19th day of September, 1829. (Signed) Matthew Gray. (Seal.)

There were three several pleas pleaded by the defendant: First, payment on the day; secondly, payment subsequent to the day; and thirdly, a special plea of .set-off in bar. Upon the two…